Research Area Specialist Senior

Rebecca Ferber, MPH, is a Project Manager who returned to the Division of General Medicine as a Research Area Specialist Senior on March 13, 2023. She joined Dr. Levine’s research team and the Cognitive Health Services Research (COG-HSR) Program as a Research Area Specialist Senior, focusing on studies to evaluate risk factors for dementia and…

Research Area Specialist Intermediate

Emilie M. Blair, BA, is the Project Manager of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) / National Institute on Aging (NIA)-funded MCI DeM Study and the NIH / National Institutes of Neurological Disorders (NINDS)-funded BP COG Study. Emilie received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology of Health and Medicine from the University of Michigan. She has…

Research Area Specialist Associate

Adam S. Kollipara, MPH, is the Project Manager for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) / National Institute on Aging (NIA)-funded STROKE COG Study and the Cognitive Health Services Research Program (COG-HSR). He received his Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences and Minor in Music from the University of Michigan–Dearborn in April 2018. He was a Student…

Debbie Shearer

Administrative Assistant Senior

Ms. Shearer is the Senior Administrative Assistant of the Cognitive Health Services Research Program at the University of Michigan (U-M) and a member of the project management team. She received degrees in business administration and accounting from American InterContinental University. Ms. Shearer has worked with members of the team for over five years in her…